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Can we say two, TWO epic parties for my fav show ever, Supernatural?! Warner Bros and the CW threw their very own LaLa town, big whig party and it rocked the night away! Seems that tumblr is the “get out the vote” version of the fandom so the gifs from every single person EVER on the show, were beyond cute! Enjoy the sounds, the looks, and the variety of the 200th party for Supernatural!

“Slumber Party”, Supernatural’s quirky take on “The Wizard of Oz”, gave us cool bunker insights, a bit of Men of Letters history, and that there really is “no place like home” for the Winchesters. Written by Robbie Thompson with Robert Singer directing, this episode scored high! We got two ferocious, fully clothed fighters(!): Charlie(Felicia Day), nerdy and newbie hunting and Dorothy(Tiio Horn) from Oz, a huntress extrodinaire! Sam really questions Dean about this guy Zeke where Dean continues to lie! All in all, a fun, lighthearted, and magical quest, just what Charlie desired! Starting with 1935 black and white flashbacks, we get Men of Letters history.

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Beginning with flashbacks, “Slumber Party” sets us up right out of the box with Dorothy and the Wicked Witch(Maya Massar). This Witch is way scarier then our cute fiction! In 1935, the bunker gets computerized and two hunters(one elder, the other a young buck), span a six month time period from which enthusiasm wanes for the young man. Dorothy knows where the bunker is, shows up with the Witch in tow, looking for a way to kill her. Seems the best hunters have that ‘sacrificial’ gene because when all else fails, Dorothy does exactly that: binds her soul with the Witch’s to be forever bottled up.

with crayons and paper for demon info. With Kevin on break, Dean brings Sam back Game of Thrones dvds for their entertainment! Sam again questions why Castiel isn’t there and Dean spouts the company lie: the bunker’s not safe with Cass there. Yep…. Sam totally buys that. He has also finds a computer room, another treasure! Although the system isn’t running, the guys feel a warm spot on a surface, indicating some kind of activity. They open a panel which activates the computer but which also unknowingly unleashes Dorothy and the Witch.

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Getting the system running is important so Dean finds and delivers their computer tech, Charlie. Charlie squees over the historical hunk of history and yes, she can deliver the goods. She loves “The Wizard of Oz” books which leads the conversation to the “Supernatural” chronicles which will be around forever due to some ‘Becky'(Sam’s ex!) who’s uploaded them all! Perfect responses and reactions from both Sam(Jared Padalecki and Dean(Jensen Ackles)!

Dorothy makes her Indiana Jones entrance, thoroughly insulting the Winchesters. Her biggest announcement: if Dorothy is free, ding dong, the Witch runs free! Dorothy educates Charlie on how the Oz books were the rantings of her old dad, based on truths but made pretty for the public. We find out that Charlie is quite the romantic! From sharing with Sam and Dean that she envisioned hunting to be more magical to not allowing Dorothy to destroy her dreamy views regarding Oz. I like it! Nerd Charlie informs Dorothy that the hunter that she trashed earlier, worked diligently to solve the Witch/Dorothy dilemma until the day he died. Hence, Charlie knows that poppies will stun the Witch til they can kill or bind her again.

The Witch finds Crowley(Mark Sheppard) but with all the warding, is no help to him. Not being able to speak, the Witch conveniently communicates by writing what she wants on Crowley’s paper. FYI: “come to Daddy”, hissing and whistling, is Sheppard perfect or what?! The Witch needs a key which allows her to make any opening a portal into Oz. Dean remembers finding said key. Charlie and Dean head to retrieve it where unfortunately the Witch also arrives. The Witch throws her voodoo at Dean, Charlie jumps in to save Dean and gets killed in the process.

Enter Zeke. This is too convenient and sooo easy to use. Without Castiel, it’s understandable for the writers to have Zeke in Sam. Of course this makes it the worse possible possession ever: Zeke in Sam, popping out when asked or when he chooses. My thought when the Witch possesses Sam: how can that happen? Zeke possesses Sam so does this mean that evil can now possess angels? This was hinted around last week also. What do you think?

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Zeke heals Charlie, Charlie wants to know if she’ll be eating brains now which raises Sam’s antenna more. But no time to lose here, the Witch is working on letting in all those horrible critters from Oz! Dorothy heads down to the garage which now houses ‘Baby’ and an entire fleet of primo drives. Dorothy finds her motorcycle, the Tinman’s head AND her red slippers which yield magic from Oz. Note: ‘Baby’ wasn’t scheduled to appear but the cast and crew couldn’t resist for us, the fans! 🙂

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Sam and Dean find the Witch who fills them with green witch power and orders them to kill the girls. Dorothy really believes that she can take on the Winchesters but is no match of course! Charlie escapes after catching the red slippers thrown from Dorothy. Side note here: Felicia Day says catching the shoes took awhile because she truly is a nerd and not good at ‘catching things’! Just before Dean intends on stabbing Dorothy, Charlie finds the Witch, stabs her with a slipper and saves the day, save the girl and saves the Winchesters!

Charlie gets her magical adventure when she leaves this earthly plane with Dorothy to fight a revolution in Oz! So who else thinks the Winchesters might end up there at some point?!

Another fun fact regarding this episode. I was there for the filming and the garage is an huge, old grain stop. But what I learned about the set: it took them four days to make it, it was the first set that had a ‘made for tv’ feel to it, and it was Supernatural’s largest endeavor to date! A huge, black covering enclosed an opening which turned out to be virtual ‘Oz’ which was VFX galore!

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Another feather in the crews’ cap!

Addressed by the Winchesters from the start to the end was home. Sam regards the bunker as a job site. For Dean, it’s a place to clean, hang up his weapons and to enjoy his morning coffee wearing his robe! Charlie asks Sam about the lack of nesting also with Sam reiterating that there’s no such place for him. Sooo, when Charlie and Dorothy walk off into the Oz sunset, how perfect were Sam’s words to Dean, “of course, there’s no place like home.” Brotherly connections: we love them and watch the show because of them! Until Tuesday and “Dog Dean Afternoon”, stay supernatural….

Maisie ‏@SpnMaisieDaisy Jim Michaels said To get a Zeppelin song on the show would cost half a million dollars!

Mary Dominiak ‏@Bardicvoice Jim says he and @dicksp8jr got deported from Brazil together; were told they didn’t need visas, but did bcuz “employed” by con
* .@TheJimMichaels shows off BSK shooting sign – for “Bike Shorts Kevin” – laughs they must change signs all the time to dodge fans.
* Russ hasn’t yet paid Jim back for food prank: Jim got Russ in face with pie on tech survey! Jim promises to post photos
* Jim asked Kevin for his Twitter handle, tweeted – his followers increased by over 100 before lunch
* Jim had to binge-watch first 4 seasons; limited himself to no more than 5 per day. First crew he met was Russ picking up at YVR
* Asked whether presence of in-house VFX affect whether effect done practically, by makeup, or by VFX, said YES! Praised VFX Team
* Jim will cheap-out on other things to save the big pieces when possible

*Fangasm ‏@FangasmSPN He came with his own #spn set sign :). @TheJimMichaels pic.twitter.com/eOsKxw6UMY
* Day 2 starts with Adam saying @dicksp8jr does gay porn. Richard: hey, check out fanfic, not only am I doing it, I’m doing it well! #
* Yes, they change the signs during #vancon lol @TheJimMichaels pic.twitter.com/a8PrGN4GGS
* Jokes the crew plays on new directors: quadrupling their order at a restaurant.
* Telling the story of operation moose drop aka the birth of Thomas. pic.twitter.com/yKgADh4KzF* The peoples choice award has your name on it, #spnfamily. We wouldn’t be here without you guys”.
* Jim is as upset that Ben Edlund got nabbed by Revolution as fandom is
* Telling the story of operation moose drop aka the birth of Thomas. pic.twitter.com/WeN5o8VDHC
* the guys act out @TyOlsson’s worst pickup line: nice shoes, wanna f–k?

Winchester Bros ‏@WinchesterBros Sir Jim Michaels on stage at pic.twitter.com/DJ6SjVTpgd
* Jim says that Kripke is still involved with SPN but he stole a lot of SPN’s directors and writers for Revolution

Fangasm ‏@FangasmSPN Reunion! @SNkevinandjill greets Matt and Richard. pic.twitter.com/83i4MHZxZo
* Matt signs the con banner. Yes, that’s why I took the photo. pic.twitter.com/1A6d8ic0hm
* Somehow answers to a question about desert island stranding involved all the guys in a love cave pic.twitter.com/HZbuaRIhZi
* Matt to Rob: “From now on, when you think of me, think ‘gooeyduck.'” Rob: “Is it edible?” Crowd: “YES” Matt: “Want to find out?”
* Creation gets in on the theme of the Richard, Matt and rob panel. Yes, they all read it out loud. pic.twitter.com/b4aEjjtLnx
Misha May. ‏@miraimay saw Misha headed out for his M&G with the ladies following behind like good little Minions.

“@mooselikejared: Rob proposed to his wife by saying “I was wondering if you wouldn’t min marrying me so much

B. ‏@allebsupernova Making fun of Rob. “He’s nervous to order coffee at Starbucks.”

Carry On ‏@CarryOn_SPN Mark S and JPS loved the contract scene. Someone actually wrote out the prop contract.
* Mark P enjoyed the paycheck from Dexter. Lol. He enjoyed working with the cast. pic.twitter.com/uMWurfoVfzDani ‏@lovebirdstiel James: I am the good guy. To me it’s a story about a couple of pricks who don’t do what I tell them to do
* Mark P: demons suck. Mark S: demons blow. James: demons ooze

Risti ‏@ristispeaks Robbie Thompson: the one SPN production person who seems to genuinely NOT want attention on him

@Naficeh Chad just announced that he’s gonna be holding paranormal hunting at future creation cons!

Mary Dominiak ‏@Bardicvoice Felicia just finished shooting on ep; J’s were talking about con as if they expected her to be there, told her she should come
* Writing process: have an idea, write something, cry a lot, look at it again, cry more, edit, write, cry more. Just keep writing!
* Sebastian arrived during Felicia’s panel: took the mike to say hi and blow kiss. Felicia: A drive-by! A kiss-by!

Dimples&Freckles ‏@PadaAholic Felicia: “what’s the point of hating Ben affleck as batman if we’re all going to go see it anyway? Why be miserable?”
* Felicia : Judge me all you want but I love what I love
* Richard came to stage and hugged Felicia

Mary Dominiak ‏@Bardicvoice “My porno name is Sebastian Roche!”
* Also, in scene of dead Deans, can you spot the only two real people? VFX
* Expect to see a lot more color, depth & detail in effects like portal in #TaxiDriver – and Sam’s arms in finale will look diff

Carry On ‏@CarryOn_SPN Seb Thinks there should be an spn rocky Horror show
* Now we’ve got musical accompaniment and Seb is singing and dancing around! pic.twitter.com/Zm2jZ5H26E
* Seb Is now singing different genres/ versions if My Heart Will Go On pic.twitter.com/dn4NlxAICN

Fangasm ‏@FangasmSPN Is that an evil grin or what? @mishacollins pic.twitter.com/fwVf5OhHMk
* Listening intently to a fan question. Perhaps with some foreboding too. pic.twitter.com/L2gRacezNv
* Does Misha do all the items on GISHWHES? Misha: no, if I did them they’d be easy
* Fan: as an aspiring actress….forgot what I was saying. Misha: work on your memorization skills
* Misha discussing GISHWHES pic.twitter.com/leKxpy6x4H

Dimples&Freckles ‏@PadaAholic Misha is talking about living at a campsite for a few months as a kid and Sasha fell off a tree into a pile of poop

Maisie ‏@SpnMaisieDaisy Misha wrote the Jared item (Getting a compliment from him) on Gishwhes because he knew it would never happen lol
* Misha on fans overwhelming him “It’s amazing and it’s thrilling and its totally f****d up
* Misha said some incidents have happened on set where there was alcohol involved “not that the WB would ever know that”
* Misha about West being evil to Maison “… Yeah… He’s a good kid

Mary Dominiak ‏@Bardicvoice How did GISHWES get started? Misha says doesn’t really know, but fond memories of crazy scavenger hunt back in college
* Hilarious descriptions of Misha’s instructional tax video make finding & watching it tempting
* You can’t be daunted by rejection; certain character-building aspect to people saying they hate you, which = not giving you job
* Misha starting to worry about whether he’ll be able to travel again after #TSAAmerica comes out!

Winchester Bros ‏@WinchesterBros Misha’s mantra when he’s in front of a camera is “try to remember your lines try to remember your lines.”
* @WinchesterBros: Misha says the pranking that goes on between him and Jared is sketchy but they’ve called a truce
* Misha says there will be sex btwn Cas & a char
* still decorating her pic.twitter.com/LqjmURg290
* And Misha carries her offstage pic.twitter.com/nt7IWgfefc
* Richard is scolding Misha for making a mess on stage. pic.twitter.com/AC1hkCueWf

Can I ask who else was ecstatic over the ‘no fun’ Winchesters having a good ol’ time in larp-land and a battlefield? Yep… I knew it! So much fun in 42 minutes! ‘LARP and the Real Girl” did not disappoint! Writer Robbie Thompson, who tops my fav writer list, gave us fun, frolic and females. Charlie(Felicia Day) is back in play(in more ways than one) as Queen of Moondoor where it’s fun and games for some but for one nerd, Boltar the furious, it’s a life changing, control freak winner take all bubble. Let’s enter Moondoor….

Blaring “China Grove” in the Impala, Dean wants to have fun, take some time off. Possibly a subtle nudge considering his birthday is January 24th, this ep aired on the 23rd. But for Sam, work IS fun so after being Garthed, the two have a job. The victim, who has been ‘drawn and quartered’, leaves behind a house full of toys, chain mail and his cell phone which holds threatening voice mails. The “toys” are small soldiers used to coordinate war movement which Dean thinks is kinda awesome! Sam discovers a tattoo which shows up on victims through out all the murders. As far as deaths are concerned, being drawn and quartered is right up there as terrifically bad!

Getting straight to the heart of LARPing- live action role-playing, the man who threatened the victim gets called into the police station where he confesses all about Moondoor. Sam instantly hits a computer where lo and behold, Moondoor exists with a reigning queen, Charlie. While all eyes are glued to the computer, the poor fella in the interrogation room spits up blood until he’s dead and the room is covered in blood. Did I mention that Dean seems to be drawn to Moondoor?

The Winchesters hardly ever get caught being fraudulent FBI agents but after presenting their badges to Boltar, geek master and important Moondoor person, they’re called out! Boltar declares that the badges(numbers, spaces… whatnot) and cheap suits, albeit good, are definitely fake. In spite of this, they find Charlie wielding her weapon on her knights getting ready for battle. Charlie’s expression is priceless when she scans her royal subjects and sees the Winchesters!

Charlie wants to run as any normal geek would but after thinking it through, she holds fast to doing the queenly thing which is helping the boys find the monster. Her words, “If you’re here, monsters are here!” seems to be a theme this season tho always true for these guys! Dean weighs in on the positioning of Charlie’s toy soldiers, again showing us that little boy who played with toy soldiers who grew up to be a fierce hunter. The three split up with Sam hitting the geek filled, computer tent and Charlie and Dean question the different factions of Moondoor where Charlie seems to be quite the player, again, in a bigger sense of the word. Dean dresses up for the occasion, to fit in of course. He reveals to Charlie more than he says: his remorse for using Amelia as bait and losing Benny as a friend.

Dean and Charlie run into Boltar who offers to help find the Orcs, the forest dwelling faction at Moondoor. Dean wants Charlie with Sam so instructs her to find Sam. Walking thru any forest is scary and Charlie senses someone following her. The first stalker is harmless but the second, a skull perched atop a black cape, isn’t. Charlie wakes up in a magic tent and believes to be in danger. When she states that “she just wants her life back”, the skull mask is removed, revealing a beautiful woman, Gilda. Gilda the fairy, under the control of Boltar, is killing people.

After realizing that Charlie is missing, a group of larpers with Sam and Dean head off to find her. After searching all the tents for Charlie, there is one mysterious tent, deep in the forest that wasn’t searched. Dean and Sam walk in on Charlie making out with the fairy/monster and the fairy identifies the “real” monster in the story, Boltar, the man who controls her. A fight ensues with Gilda making a suit of armor choke Sam out and Dean gets to wooden sword fight with Boltar. Charlie wants to be a hero and does save the day. She plunges Dean’s knife into the book of magic which breaks Boltar’s spells.

Charlie kisses Gilda, the fairy fades away, taking Boltar who will be punished in her realm. Charlie decides to stay and fight for her “normal” life. Dean wants to help fight the good fight for Moondoor but that entails having fun. “Have fun Sam, it will make you feel better, ” he says. Sam responds, “No, not just me. It will make us both feel better. Shall we?” The best ever, epic ending for Supernatural! A Winchester dream come true: Ren faire dress, weapons, and a classic hero speech. It didn’t matter that the great “Braveheart” speech was interrupted by a frisbee, what mattered was the content, the heart, the emotion. Also, Sam’s hair pulled back and Dean with long hair, that rocked!

There has been lots of wishing and commentaries about how Sam and Dean should talk. The reality is, these guys are mens men. Communicating is a pat on the back, a nod, clinking beers. Sitting around sharing their feelings would be, well, awkward and so unlike them. Next ep we get Henry Winchester who happens to be a talker, a sharer, a Man of Letters. A complete opposite of these manly men. Cannot wait! Until then…… stay supernatural!

First the boys drink to summon monsters in Party on Garth. Sam and Dean finally see Bobby in Of Grave Importance and with Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoos, the Winchesters get to play “I Spy”! Written by one of my fav Supernatural writers, Robbie Thompson, the episode had quite the “24″ feel to it with the split screens, Frank’s high-tech van and of course the boys talking Charlie(Felicia Day) through the whole “you’ve got a fifteen minute window” flash drive hacking. The Leviathan action heats up and schmoozy Dick reveals how much he hates “that special human spark” which he cannot clone! And Tebow has no spark? Really? So goes my recap and take on the episode.

Lights flickering on this show is normally bad news but at this moment, it’s Bobby! He’s figured out how to show up but it’s hard work obviously, he’s worn out! Bobby breathlessly recounts his last dying breath, those numbers that he had stolen from Dick(James Patrick Stuart). He explains that Dick Roman is building an army where the humans are fodder for Dick’s perfectly engineered herd of followers! An email from Frank pops up, interrupting Bobby’s diatribe . Bobby snarks that Frank is always stealing his thunder until the email reads “if you’re reading this I’m dead or worse… my flash drive has been hacked”. I love Frank Devereaux and hope to see him back! As the guys are reading the email, someone IS hacking Frank’s info. They track the hacker to Roman’s headquarters in Chicago which Dean calls the middle of the “Deathstar”. The guys instantly go into retrieval mode but Bobby wants to go and work too, ghost or not. Knowing about vengeful spirits and considering that Dick killed Bobby, the boys sideline him. This doesn’t sit well with our daddy Bobby who looks determined to work the case in spite of being other worldly.

The first look of Frank’s hacker screams total nerd! Charlie rides a scooter(helmet and goggles of course), entering Roman’s HQs geeking out to “Walking on Sunshine”. One of my favorite scenes is Charlie letting loose in the elevator showing her true free spirit! Her cubicle is decorated with superheroes and she goes right to work donating money to her favorite charities from money she has stolen. Charlie is obviously quite the computer geek because Dick Roman calls on her to crack Frank’s hard drive. He gives her three days or she’s fired. After working all night, she finally cracks the code only to discover more than she wants to know about Dick Roman, the Leviathan and the whole taking over the world plan. With this new info, Charlie sneaks home to pack intending to leave. With her Star Wars bobble heads bobbling and her nerves on spidey sense, Charlie meets Dean and Sam. Pouring borax on themselves to prove their non-Levi status, Charlie does the same not even blinking.

The Winchesters explain the back story to Charlie after which she plans to leave but realizes that out of the three of them, that she is the one to discover what Dick has planned. Let the spying begin! The boys are in Frank’s high-tech van braving Charlie up when Dean sees Bobby’s flask hanging out of Charlie’s bag. Dean informs her of its good luck presence and she takes a big appreciative swig. With Dean encouraging Charlie to flirt her way into Dick’s office, Sam laughs at his instructions to Charlie for schmoozing the guard. Charlie likes girls so Dean’s advice then is to pretend the guard has boobs. Charlie gets pass the guard into Dick’s office. She hacks into the computer to discover that Dick is expecting a special package. There isn’t time for the boys to intercept the package so Charlie delays the message and therefore the object’s retrieval. Bobby is lurking around, giving Charlie a hand by causing noises for the guard to check out. Bobby’s frustration level rises, giving us some impending doom tingles!

The boys take off to procure the package but before Charlie can escape, Dick pins her down with questions on breaking Frank’s code. Everything that Dick says is ominous Levi lingo but for the non-supernatural person, sounds like normal typical executive speak! At the airport, the Winchester’s pull off a switcheroo with the containers, again very spy like! When Dick hears that his package has arrived, he leaves Charlie but wants her to stay for further questioning. This is Charlie’s cue to run like heck which she does but only gets as far as the front door. Dick opens his container but it’s been rigged with a borax bomb and explodes all over he and the guards. Dick lockdowns the facility but Dean and Sam burst through the glass to rescue Charlie. The boys get tossed around and Bobby comes to their aid but not in a good way! Vengefulness comes over him and he knocks Charlie out of the way to get to Dick. Dick just smiles and wants to play, monster o monster! Sam carries Charlie out the door and they take off to the hospital. Leaving the hospital with a sling on her broken arm, Charlie really doesn’t want to see the superheroes again! With a final “peace out bitches”, Charlie hops a bus heading to somewhere/nowhere for hiding.

Before the Winchester’s get into their car, Sam brings up Bobby’s violence. They both agree that when they’ve figured out what treasure Dick has, they’ve got to deal with Bobby. We hear again about the natural order of things which the two of them have both overcome.

This episode was well written and flowed. I love the cultural references from beginning to the end. I really loved the guys having grown up conversations that didn’t entail one of them sacrificing their lives. I have a strong suspicion about what will happen with Bobby from a tidbit of info much earlier on in season seven. Right now, Castiel is a worry but Bobby certainly has to be dealt with. What we know about the Winchesters is this, “blood don’t mean family” and Bobby is family! Until Friday for “There Will be Blood”, stay supernatural!